Warren Mitchell

Warren Mitchell
Mitchell in 1978
Born
Warren Misell

(1926-01-14)14 January 1926
Died14 November 2015(2015-11-14) (aged 89)
Hampstead, London, England
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1951–2015
Notable workSee below
Spouse
Constance Wake
(m. 1951)
Children3

Warren Mitchell (born Warren Misell;[1] 14 January 1926 – 14 November 2015) was an English actor, best known for playing bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in television, film and stage productions from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was a BAFTA TV Award winner and twice a Laurence Olivier Award winner.

In the 1950s, Mitchell appeared on the radio programmes Educating Archie and Hancock's Half Hour. He also performed minor roles in several films. In the 1960s, he rose to prominence in the role of Alf Garnett in the BBC television sitcom Till Death Us Do Part (1965–75), created by Johnny Speight, which won him a Best TV Actor BAFTA in 1967. He reprised the role in the television sequels Till Death... (ATV, 1981) and In Sickness and in Health (BBC, 1985–92), and in the films Till Death Us Do Part (1969) and The Alf Garnett Saga (1972).

His other film appearances include Three Crooked Men (1958), Carry On Cleo (1964), The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), The Assassination Bureau (1969) and Norman Loves Rose (1982). He held both British and Australian citizenship[2] and enjoyed considerable success in stage performances in both countries, winning Olivier Awards in 1979 for Death of a Salesman and in 2004 for The Price.

  1. ^ McFarlane, Brian (2019). "Mitchell, Warren (real name Warren Misell) (1926–2015)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110888. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Warren Mitchell is a winner ABC TV 7.30 Report interview with Kerry O'Brien, 24 February 2004